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After 2 found dead in Stewart County, police refute rumors of manhunt

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is examining the death of a man and a woman who were found in the Big Rock area of Stewart County on Friday night.

Authorities have said the victims are white but not provided any other information about their identity or their cause of death.

TBI officials said the case is specifically classified as a death investigation, which means at this point investigators do not believe the deaths are homicides.

Paulette Redman, a spokeswoman for the Stewart County Sheriff's Office, posted on Facebook that the sheriff's department hadn't initially planned to release any information about the deaths, but felt it was necessary to do so after they saw online rumors about a manhunt.

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"There isn’t any manhunt; the community isn’t in any danger. Any further information provided I’ll advise the community," Redman said in a Facebook post.

The bodies were found at a home on the 200 block of Watson Road, said Josh DeVine, a spokesman for TBI. DeVine confirmed that TBI is investigating the deaths at the request of the Stewart County District Attorney Ray Crouch.

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